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Excellent for flows of information, flights etc etc. Would be a good homework to set. 

ICT and Civil society - using ICT to combat corruption and promote good governance - 11 mins audio from ICT4Gov and Voices against Corruption

Is buying fair trade a waste of money? With the recession threatening the UK's fair trade market, Lucy Siegle asks whether it is really doing anybody any good

Interesting example of: Shift of power from nation states to TNCs with good links to environmental impacts of demand for a natural resource

Resource Nationalism - good example

Bit tenuous, but some good geog images in there !

Last year, important internet cables connecting Europe to Asia were mysteriously severed, resulting in days of outages for millions of internet users. It was a stark reminder that, no matter how instantaneously our information seems to travel, it is, in fact, moving through cables on the bottom of the ocean. And, while the internet might seem like the cutting edge of technology, it's interesting to note that information has been traveling this way since the first telegraph cables were laid across the Atlantic ocean in the 19th century.

The biggest ship on the world's waters is delivering record amounts of goods to Europe this Christmas, all the way from China, reflecting the country's rise as the world?s new manufacturing hub.

Cultural diffusion, consumer culture;

Interesting talk to use as a starting point for Global Interactions - How did we get to where we are? Why is it so difficult to produce goods at a small scale today? Where do all the materials we use for everyday products come from? What are the environmental consequences of mineral extraction?

Technology connects us more and more each day. Who are the most and least connected people in the world?